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1 Cor 7:25-31

The Unmarried and the Widows

25 Now concerning virgins, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lords mercy is trustworthy.
26I think that, in view of the impending* crisis, it is well for you to remain as you are.
27Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
28But if you marry, you do not sin, and if a virgin marries, she does not sin. Yet those who marry will experience distress in this life,* and I would spare you that.
29I mean, brothers and sisters,* the appointed time has grown short; from now on, let even those who have wives be as though they had none,
30and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no possessions,
31and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.